Toe-straightening device.



A. PECORELLA.

TOE STEAIGHTENING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21,1913

Patnted June 2, 1914.

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Application filed November 21;. 1913. Serial To. 502 4.2

thereby not only interfering with the proper milking oi" the person hm, also :illectiug the comfort and health of the same.

it is the object of this invention to pm ride iideviee for iliis purpose which as i be applied to the foot and toes such manner as will permit of wearing the usual shoe and which will in (his time straiqhlen one or more toes so that they will not over-law Que another but he side by side in. proper position relelively to each other.

in the accompanyingdrawings: Figure l sperspective riew showing; my invention embodied in a device which is designed to s'lrziig hlen all five foes of a fool; B s. E

sand 3 are vertical transverse sections in the correspoiuiingly numbe ed in Fig. 1. Fin 4: is a perspective view sl'mw my invention embodied in s (levies wh designed lo strziighleu nniy two toes.

Similar elm meters of i-ei'ereuee indicate corresponding parts throughoutihe several views.

The construction of the toe stri ightening? device shown in 13, is designed to hold all live ices of the foot in n properly straightened position. The device shown in i'hese figures comprisesn base, holi'oin or supnorting' plate 1 which has its front edge scalloped, is shown at 2, to eeuilorui to the live noes which are adapted to rest upon the same while the rear part of this plate is adapted to support the underside of the foot in rear of the toes. At its opposite longillll'llilfll edges the plate provided with two upwardlyturned or curved flanges 3, 4, which are adapted to hem, respectively against the outer sides of the great toe and the small toe of the foot. Adiuceut to the ouier sides oi the spaces which receive the great and small mes lhe supporting plate provided with two front single openings 5, l3 and between (he spaces for :uljuceut toes he pluie is provided Willi pairs of u eulugs i, .ioui. of such pairs being shown in the mo struighiening device designed to held all of she toes in place. Adjacent i0- oiimo site corners of the rear end or the supper? mg plate same is prsvided with two rear single openings 8, 8.

The retaining plate. and the foot are secured to each other by means of a. fus euiue" hniul or ribbon Romp rsiugr a Dli'iruh'tv oi loops 9, 10, ll, 12 3 nrrauged iii a ilii 'lh'" verse row shove 'ihe frenl part of the gi l l with the ti sides of one of ti portimis ll, undei u: 15 adapted to e of the foot in r *nr oi the toes. The enter ends of the outermost lonps 9, 13 which einii rzwe I v. I]

3 Pull rhe great and small toes pass downw through the from; single {evening's 5, connect with the front. ends of the n mmlini'e hand portions. The oppesing ii ends of two zieeni loops pass downiwy through fhe menihers (Ff one pair of intermeilisle QpCnlIlfIS lend are connected with euvh other on the underside of lhe in; plate. The i'eu r ends of the i hand porlions pu s thruug'h openings 8 and connect w ends of ihe bend.

l'n apply 1g this ileiieo in son the lying ends are left loups in a Luise (oudil'ii'ui :ir lhe several toes of the foot" resl's upon {he plule. is then drawn so (hill the loops are tip, upon the several lot-s mid the lull :1 feet of oose so 'mrnl'ed from each other and held in :i proper posilion side by side and f'hen lh laying ends fil'P tied logelher over the fool in rear of the lfW-S. A sloshing may now he drawn over the ifooi and :1 shoe worn over lhe flockingin ilze usual manner. lifter thus ,zi vpl ciug the for sfruig'hlening device lo ihv foot :1 person may wall; in shoes williout iilismmii'orl and without linliiilily i'he toe crossing-3; moue overlapping the of. ln lime therefore the loos will he iriiiner; is reu'miu naturally in their normal position and permit of (lis wusiug with file use of this for: sli'aighlening device. thereby promoting lluhealth and comfort of persons who have lieeu thus flilllClQCl.

lVhen all live lo-es oi the fool do no: require slrziighluuiuu illu- (hence may he mu siruciml to :i ipl l' in only such toes as require slilighl euiug'. For iusianre in Fig". ia construction is sneu'n which is designed .veniently applied to to straighten only two toes viz. the great toe and the second toe. in such. a cmislruction the supportingplatc 16 is made coniparatively narrow and the fastening hand is only provided with two loops 17, 18 for engagement with the great and second toe, the inner opposing ends of these two loops passing through the members of a pair of adiacent openings 19 while their outer ends pass through single front openings 20, i l in the plate and connect with the front ends of the crossed intermediate portions 22 of the band and the rear ends oi the latter pass through two rear single openings 23 in the late and connect, with the tying ends oi: the band. When the toe straightening device is thus organized for the great toe and the second toe the supporting plate is provided only with a longitudinal flange 2.) ad jacent to the great toe but the flange on the longitudinal edge adjacent to the second too is omitted.

This toe straightening device is comparatively simple in construction and can be produced at comparatively small cost of any suitable material. may be constructed of sheet metal, such as aluminum or German silver, and the fastening'band may be constructed of silk, leather or the like. The upper side of the plate may also be provided with a covering 25 of leather or other soft material to prevent the foot resting on the plate from getting cold.

It willbe manifest that this toe-straightening device can be very quickly and conand removed from the foot and that the same can be also easily cleaned when necessary, thereby rendering the same very sanitary and in no wise objectionable.

I claim as my invention:

1. A toe straightening device comprising a plate adapted to engage the underside of the foot and the underside of at least two toes and provided adjacent to the outer side of sald toes with single openings and he- For instance, the plate tween the (mposing inner sides of the adjacent toes with a pair oli openings, and a sin gleclastcning hand provided above the plate with a plurality of loops each of which is adapted to engage the top and sides of a toe, the adjacent inner ends of two loops passing through the members of a pair of openings and connected with each other underneath the plate, and the outer ends of two loops passing through the single openings,

respectively of said plate.

9.. A toe straighteningdevice comprising a plate adapted to engage with the underside of the foot and the toes and provided at its opposite longitudinal edges with upwardly turned flanges adapted to engage with the outer sides of the great and small toesand also provided with front single openings adjacent to the outer sides of the great and small toe spaces, pairs of openings between a jacent toe spaces and rear single openings adjacent to the outer sides of the footspace. and a fastening band having a plu loops above the toe spaces and each adapted to engage with the top and sides of a toe two intermediate portions which cross each other underneath said plate, and two tying ends which are adapted to engage with the upper side of the foot, the outer ends of the oijiterlnost loops passing through said front single openings and connecting respectively with the front ends of said crossed port-ions, the opposing inner ends of two adjacent. loops passing through one of said pairs of openings and connecting with each other underneath said plate, and the rear said crossed portions passing through said rear openings and connecting with said tying ends.

vVitness my hand this 17th day of November, 1913.

ALBERT PECORELLA.

\Vitnesses VVILLARD O. Towna, CARL E. FREEMAN.

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